Donna Hyde, a 34-year-old beautician and mother of two, was bludgeoned to death on December 3, 1977, after an intruder attacked her and her husband in their Moon Township, Pennsylvania, home. Her husband, Richard Hyde, a school principal, was shot in the chest with a 12-gauge shotgun and found collapsed in the kitchen; their daughters were unharmed. Donna’s body was located the following day about two miles from the house, face-up under a pine tree, clothed only in a sweater and one sock with her pants and underwear nearby.

Medical examiners determined she had been struck repeatedly with a blunt object, possibly a blackjack, and there was no evidence of sexual assault. A shotgun shell at the scene was linked to another Beaver County double homicide, and investigators identified Edward Surratt as a prime suspect; Surratt denied involvement in the Hydes’ deaths and was never charged in this case. The murders remain officially unsolved.

Did anyone in the Moon Township area have contact with Donna or the family around December 3, 1977?